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After Meeting With Apple CFO, Analyst Believes Lower-Cost iPhone Makes Good Sense
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Seems that way however I doubt there is much more you can do in these generation of phones. We need to go to the next stage whatever that is..
Right on! I want "Siri" to know what I want to do with out taking my phone out of my pocket.
Something like Google Glasses looks promising but that's like an old nokia phone in comparison. Something like Google Glasses but in the form of a contact lense would be awesome.
Now that would be a true retina display
"he hears radio waves..." -waters
Why do they keep talking about a 'lower cost iphone'? There's ALREADY a $0 and $99 iphone with the 4 and 4S which have the same specs as any other low cost android device.
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Apple DID NOT make the Rokr!!!
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Apple DID NOT make the Rokr!!!
You pay anywhere from $0-$399 for a new iPhone on contract ONCE. Over the life of the contract, how much are you forking over TOTAL to the carriers? F@#king ridiculous.
But that is my whole point. Produce a quality phone, with no extras, at the right price, and I would probably buy one and use it for as long as I could make a phone call with it. I am sick and tired of cheap quality products that fail within a short period.
What an ignorant post. Go read on how much carriers pay apple each time they sell an iphone.
You're paying for a service. The carriers need to make a profit. Imagine if they had the same profit margin as Apple?
Obviously...my point was that the ROKR indicative of what happens when Apple tries to make a 'low-cost' option and cut-corners. A terrible product.
Don't apple enjoy higher profit margins from these though? Or is it all about getting the app store sales?
In my opinion, the new lower-cost iPhone is essentially an iPhone 4S but with a metal or high-impact plastic back. It will be available in GSM (most of the world) and TD-SCDMA (China Mobile) versions.
Your plan would kill the consumer electronics industry
Sadly, you are probably correct. So, the cheapest will have to do, since it will be thrown out of the window soon enough.